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Director

Chris Marker
Alain Resnais
Ghislain Cloquet

Screenplay

Not Available

Statues Also Die 1953

Documentary/

BUDGET - Not Available

Status - Released

Overview

Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and museum contexts. Beginning with the question of why African works are confined to ethnographic displays while Greek or Egyptian art is celebrated, the film became a landmark of anti-colonial cinema and was banned in France for eight years.

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